ITEC601SP11 - Competencies

Wikis

Blogs

http://www.commoncraft.com/blogs
Everything You Need To Know About Setting Up A Class Blog---http://theedublogger.com/2010/01/05/week-1-create-a-class-blog/
http://www.tumblr.com
http://wordpress.com/
www.google.com/blogger
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Mind Mapping
Top 10 Sites for Brainstorming and Mind Mapping

Instructional Software --

Seven Steps to Responsible Software Selection
Educational Apps for Apple/iPhone
Community Effort to "Grade" Educational Apps
Blackboard & Instructional Software Overview

Virtual Field Trips --
How to conduct virtual field trips

Talking Photos

Fotobabble

Other options that you could use include Voki and Voicethread

Create a learning object telling students how to do something on the computer.

Check out website Screen-Cast-O-Matic

Rubrics

Use Rubistar to make a rubric

Podcasts

Download Audacity at home Windows or Mac http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Need help? Follow Dr. Winterfeldt's tutorials
http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/winterfe/325/Audacity.php
Need some free music? Try http://freeplaymusic.com/

Top 10 Sites for Creating Digital Music

Information from: David Kapuler, media and technology specialist at Greendale (Wis.) School District. Read his blog at cyber-kap.blogspot.com.

Myna - Far and away my favorite online music editor. This is very similar to Garageband and a nice alternative for those who do not have the Apple application.
Soundation - Very easy to use, with a drag/drop interface for creating excellent-sounding music.
Jam Studio - Fun site that lets users select a "key" to play in and a theme to match.
Loop Labs - Nice time- line editor; learning curve is a bit higher than most sites.
Your Spins - Great site for mixing prerecorded music and sharing with others.
Indaba - Unique site where users can create collaborative music pieces to make one final product.
Creating Music - Very user friendly website shows kids how to create digital music.
Contrapunctus Variations - Wonderful site for creating orchestral music by selecting an instrument and clicking on a time line.
iNudge - Fun site for kids, who can make music by drawing shapes.
Glitchscape - Create sound by drawing vector shaped rectangles.

PowerPoint

http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/powerpoint101/a/begin_guide.htm
http://idea.uwosh.edu/nick/PPT2007_2008Basics.pdf
Avoid the Pitfalls of PowerPoint Presentations - by Microsoft

Prezi:

www.prezi.com :Online presentation building site that is much more funky than PowerPoint.

Digital Collaboration

100 Web Tools to Enhance Collaboration
Dropbox is software that syncs your files online and across your computers.

Navigating the Web with Students

Teachers are excited about using social media with students, and understandably concerned about privacy and permission issues. Practical Presentation has created a one-page guide available online, Social Media Checklist for Youth Projects. This download is a good starting point for integrating social media into your classroom, as well as discussing these projects with administrators and colleagues: http://bit.ly/8UwhYX

WebTools4U2Use is a fabulous wiki with suggestions and tutorials on easy to use and free web tools. Developed for media specialists, it's become a favorite destination for teachers of all grade levels too. This is a site you'll want to bookmark and explore when you have a few free hours:
http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/